New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-05
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR.


WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-Lieutenant-Coonel waiter NC
Farland Corps Of Engineers has submitted to the War
Department his annual report the work OF improve
Of Now-York harbor TIE report states that the
survey Of Gedneys Channel finished on juno 81 showed
that the channel had maintained tho iacreassd depth
which 1t had received and leads to tho beicf
that the still greater depth which the
act Of Congress calls for may be equally maintained
when secured The indications are that tho WORK
Of deepening Gedneys Channel will be finished thsyear
The dredges will then be set at work on the main snip
channel the deepening of which is 10 be finished oy DC
eember l, 1885, Under the present agreements 7oo'ooo
cubic yards of material will be removed from Gedney's
Channel and 100000 from the ship channel ms IL
said to be much mere onehalf the amount OF
material that must be removed in order to secure
depth thirty feet and the removal OF the remainder
will cost $4,000.
Colonel Mcfarland makes earnest protest against
the injury being inflicted the harbor by dumping
into the dredgings OF the docks and slips ana ashes
and cnders from steam vessels and instances ease'
where Jumps and shoals have been formed In TINS way
As remedial measure 1t Is recommended that INC Ia"
be ended to take away the license OF the tug
captain or pilot who permits such dumping ana inc
payment OF one-half OF fine to be exacted by Natohs
law to informers. The amount OF money expended ON
Gsdnsy's Channel during the last fiscal year was
S132O72
The sum available July for the Improvement OF
New-York harbor was S742 293, and the amount tnat
be probably expended during the next nscai year IS
$40 00O unless should become necessary 10
contraction works. which would cost between S4oooooo
and So, 0O00 900.
In the River and Harbor bill OF August 1886. an APP
preparation OF $ll2,5OO made for contlnuhs inc
work at He'll Gate. The amount was too sma 10 "u''
OF working the drill the small reefs ana cohhu
ing work Flood Rock at the same time, ana IL was
determined apply it entirely to the latter purpose w
increasing the width OF the new middle chanhe' ny
dra dgipo nj lonp ita
depth of twenty-siI feet The total amount OF maternal
removed during the fiscal year WAS 1896 tops s~'ns
about go, 900 tons yet to be removed
cut has been made Flood Rock side OF the new
middle channel from thirty to fifty feet wide which mas
given to this part the channel average depth OF
twenty ono feet.
The whole OF the sfoot channel dcdged under the last
contract has surveyed have been made
of Rhinelanders Reef and Frying Pan-Hee Tap Frying
Pam and Rock and the least depths on these reefs
found to be 90. 8, Is and % 8 feet respectively
In the last appropriation bills East River omit
ted from the title and work had To be re-
stricted to He'll Gate although there arc
several other points in the East IhVer
where relief urgently needed. especially the rock Oh
that protsbly expended In the removal OF obsrac
the East River and He'll Gate during the ms
cal year is $780, OOO 10 be applied entirely 10 mo
Of Flood Rock. -, ,,....,.,..
which have been and overcome In connection with
the Harlem River improvement Finally, after the
lapse Of min. r, d, %.p Of ssS
nuid mud from 90 100 exists on tho line Of
the pro posed OF the roIing-m aud Johnsons
foundry aud will be necessary to protect the sides and
bottom OF the cut at these places . $500
that the dimensions Of the channels proposed IN INC
original plans too small IN view Of the great
In ngih and draught In sea going vessels Tue dcp
should be to twenty feet at low water and
the width 70 900 feet ana the angle on The south ''''
on the Hudson River improvement tho coudition OF
the dkes was found TO be SO bad that II was round
10 al
(s54 1853 10 repairs and hotto the construction OF
I'D werEs the estimates for the the project
have besn largely Increased and tue present er".o
S255,OOO. which all be expended durins tee next
In the channel between Staten Island and NswIersey
81 2Gi yard. OF material removed during the year
and $4,000 Is asked 10 continue the improvement next
year. 49, 100 ,.., - .,.,., p.x 4. h.t,o
expended dredging hut Is not harbor aud never
viii necessity is said TO exist for further Appropr
At Csnsrsie Bay N Y. peru anent bsnent expect
ed the improvement until tho whole diKe IL bulIt
and $4,000 Ia asked for thif purpose.
AT sumpovsnus Inlet, N. y. the commerce only war
rants Colonel Mcfarland recommending the dredging
of a nvs-fost channel to cost $4,000, - -o.
The appropra.n so Of ls,a c.sr so4
NAY "a and ~ a. 10 tho end
Of the sc1 T9 en n Tine ehana
is the receptacle for all the refuse rom , ,no
ss.:s. Ea:. srocSn. and
deposits are forming in IT. TO remedy TINS aneum r
protected by bukhcads throughout their whole length
The Of the creek Ia so large thai tne mpro,e
should he pushed least three miles up from tho
mouth As soon as possible. IL IA recommended ul't
100000 be appropriated Ter continuing the improve
ment. .-.o-o A. -...o,
The act Of 1856 appropriated s56250 for the removal
OF the shosl jutling from Red Hook Pont GU INC
Breoslyn side OF BnermilK Channel AID extending to
the eastern side Of the channel Under this sppropra
ton IL decided that II wound be mere advtnt.Eeous
n remoye the whole shoal down depth OF twenty-five
feet AT water rather than TO remove part OF
IL only the proposed depth Of twenyst ieet leaving
other parts with only sixteen eighteen feet OF water
There we're s9628 cubic yards OF material chcav"tea
from the channel This the channel An increased
dnnth of tweny.two feet for a width about 450 feet
and tool of tho crest the shoal which IN one place
there feet OF water az uean low water
500 900 ia as I'D for fiscal complete Inc
existing project